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A Quiet Place: Seicho Matsumoto

A Quiet Place:

Seicho Matsumoto

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Asai, a middling government bureaucrat with a younger second wife and a sexless marriage, is surprised in the midst of a business trip with the news that his lovely wife has passed away. Her weak heart gave way on a random Tokyo street and the doctors couldn't give her the help she needed.

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